Have at it guys. This one's at the Emirates. TV: NBCSN 0830/0730/go back to sleep. Was going to say something snarky about Fat Sam, but he's at Everton and Moyes is at West Ham now. These fools manage around.
Thanks for stepping up @mebeSajid. I was quietly hoping that after @And_ROOS 's reign we'd get more new blood for MD threads... maybe not. We've got some availability issues w/ Jack (does it matter, given his most recent form?), Mkhi (no surprise, but hopefully he can be fit for Atletico??), Ramsey (still nursing his leg wound, so ditto re Atletico being the priority). https://www.arsenal.com/news/team-news-mkhitaryan-wilshere-ramsey p.s. Ospina is fit again, so perhaps there's a slightly tricky decision for this Sunday. Or maybe you could see it as an opportunity? Play Opsina in EPL so that Cech can lead us down the UCL run-in? (That'd be my vote) Or switch them back to their historical roles from this season: Cech in league, Ospina in cups?
Peter Drury just said what I've been thinking: that the crowd, although it's full house and they started out with some vocal support of the manager, has now settled into a more typical atmosphere, and bit too library-like for my liking. The players can change that it if they can get more shots on.
p.s. Can I just say how wholly disappointed I was to see Phil Neville on the commentary team today? I thought that since he took the job of England Womens manager (hello?!!!), that he'd put his TV duties on hold. No such luck.
Meanwhile it doesn't look good for El Neny. His season may be done by the looks of it. At least initially. Broken bones in foot is my first guess. Xhaka + Ramsey on Thurs! Edit: Looks like he was crying when he was stretchered off.
Thing I've noticed about him is that he's a team oriented player. If the team is on, Laca is on. If the team is off, he's useless. He's not going to change things by himself. At least not this season. Our midfield was useless. AMN seemed to inject some pace, so let's see what happens in the second half.